April 22 2018 is Earth Day

[Nicos]

This year the idea is focused on reducing plastic waste.
my promise to the Earth is that we shalln't be buying any razors from now on , I will buy almost no bottled water, and I shall make a conscious effort to buy more local produce where possible and cut down on things like cling film .

it's a start ...which hopefully will become a habit and I shall definitely get branching out on other plastic free ideas, like as little synthetic clothing as possible!....where possible.

https://www.earthday.org/

[Snoop Puss]

I've decided not to buy any more fleece clothing. I had no idea how bad it was.

[Thelma Sanders]

I really must stop buying bottled water, our tap water maybe 'drinking quality' really does taste disgusting - I suppose if I buy a water jug and filter, it is still using plastic - but less of it, perhaps.

What other options are there?

[Lumpy]

I buy solid shampoo.........it smell lovely, lasts for 8-9 months and makes my hair squeaky (literally) clean I also use olive oil (in glass bottles) as a conditioner so we have no plastic bottles in that department. Block hand soap not the pump bottles and shower block for body washing.

I now have a soda making machine for my tonic water so the only plastic other than the machine itself it the flavouring. Came a bit of a cropper (excuse the pun) there as I've had no plastic bottles for mini greenhouses etc.

Fruit and veg from the market in paper bags.

[Nicos]

We don't use straws but I spotted some paper ones in a shop the other day so I bought a packet, just to show there are people willing to buy them